The Wind Will Carry Us

The Wind Will Carry Us

1999•1h 58m•7.1/10

Drama

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🎬TMDb

7.1/10(190)

Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.

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Production

MK2 Films, Kiarostami Foundation

Language

FA

Status

Released

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Cast

Behzad Dorani

Behzad Dorani

Behzad

Farzad Sohrabi

Farzad

Noghre Asadi

Roushan Karam Elmi

Bahman Ghobadi

Bahman Ghobadi

Shahpour Ghobadi

Reihan Heidari

Masood Mansouri

Ali Reza Naderi

Frangis Rahsepar

Masoameh Salimi

Lida Soltani

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